Teething device



I. H. SHAMBAUGH.

TEETHING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. 1.915.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

ammo a [157,

srarns raaasr oaaroa.

TEETHING DEVICE.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application filed April 6, 1915. Serial No. 19,555.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ISAAC H. SHAM- BAUGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates,'residing at Avilla, in the county of Noble and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TeethingDevices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to teething devices for assisting children incutting their teeth and aims to provide an article of this class whichwill be far superior to and more efficient than the ordinary teethingring. The

' ordinary teething ring does not well serve its purpose for the reasonthat a child, in the natural use of the same, will bite in such a manneras to bring the gums at the sides of the mouth into contact with thering,

' whereas it is desirable that the gums at the front of the mouth bebrought into such contact as the front teeth are those which first maketheir appearance.

The aim of the present invention is, therefore, to 'prOVide an articlefor the purpose above stated of such form that a child, in the naturaluse of the article,'will bite in such a manner that the gums at thefront of the mouth will be brought into contact with the surface of thearticle.

In the accompanying drawings? Figure 1 is a perspective view of thearticle embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view therethrough.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The article comprises essentially a handle, indicated by the numeral 1,and this handle may be of any desired length and of any 7 suitablematerial and supports, at each end, a solid head 2, these solid headsoccupying substantially the same plane and also lying within the planeof the handle 1. Each of the heads 2 is lenticular in form, beingsubstantially circular in outline and having a straight uninterruptedmarginal wall and convex upper and under faces 3 gradually merging intosaid marginal wall. The heads 2 may be of any suit-' able material, asfor example, ivory or bone and the handle 1 which connects the saidheads may be integral therewith 0r secured thereto in any suitablemanner. In any event, the handle 1 extends between the heads in astraight line transecting the axes of the heads and it will beunderstood that, in the natural use ofthe article, a child will graspthehandle l and will place either of the heads 2 in the mouth andbetween the gums. As the upper and under faces of the heads are convex,and as these surfaces are unbroken, the gums at the front of the mouthwill first come into contact with the said surfaces regardless of theposition to which the article may be turned or twisted ISAAC H.SHAMBAUGH. [1 s.]

Witnesses PETER DoLA GEORGE KNAUER.

